Improvement in car-seats



J. S.'DIACK.

Car Seat.

No. 89,976. Patented May 11, 1869.

Witnesses I I N. PETERS. Phola-Uliwgmphcr. Washmg'nn, D. c.

i To all whom it may concern.-

aunts-mag strut hilt i1 JAMES S,.'D1ACK,OF AURORA, ILLINOIS. I i ILette'rsPatent No.89,976, dated Ma/y1 1,1869, I

IMPROVEMENT CAR-SEATS.

- The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making partof thesame.

Be it known that I, JAMnsS. DmcK, of Aurora, in the county of Kane, and,State of Illinois, have invented a new andvaluable Improvementin'Railway-Seats; and I'*d o hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, "and exact description of the constructionand operation ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part ofthis specification,

and to the letters and :figures of reference marked thereon.

Figurel of the drawings is a plan view of my de- Figure 2 is alongitudinal section of the same.

My invention relates to seats for railway-cars; and' It consists inconstructing and adjusting the samein such manner that the operator mayform them into continuous sleeping-couches, at will.

'The letter A,of the drawings, represents the carseats proper; andletters B are the upright ends n thereof.

i .On the inside of these ends respectively, and above the seats proper,I afllx a stripof metal, with lugs or grooves, as shown ata, to formrests for the bottom of the chair-back, to which lugs the back isconnected by suitable pins, marked 0, near the bottom of its ends.

Said lugs and pins are so constructed and arranged that" the chair-backmay rest in said lugs, or may be removed at pleasure. I v Letter 0is-the chair-back, the bottom of which,

when to be used for sitting, is adjusted, by its pins 0, in the 'rearone of the lugs above mentioned.

K It is also connected with the end-pieces B, by the slotted bars D. a

These bars are attached to the said seat by means of pins (1, and theyare connected to the end-pieces respectively by pins withbolt-heads,that are adjusted in the slots of said bars, as shown. Theselast-named pieces are marked s in the drawings. I

, nesses.

The letter E is a foot-box, constructed in the form of a trough, andpivoted at each end to the lower ends of the side-pieces respectively,as shown.

The letter Fis a hinged board, attached'to the side of foot-box E, inthe manner represented, the "office of which is to aid in the formationof a continuous lounge, as hereinafter mentioned.

The letters Y are pins, attached to the seat at the points shown, whichserve to arrest the fall of the seat backward beyond the arms of theseat nex .in rear, and thereby act as protections against accide t tothe limbs of a reclining passenger.

- To form a continuous lounge, the operator turns up the hinged boardIi, and the foot-box underneath the adjoining seat, and adjusts them inthe manner shown on fig. 2. He then turns down the seat-backs, by ad-,-

jnsting-the pins s, and turning said backs to the right or left, as thecase may require, nntil they assume-the .position represented by letterO or 0' upon the draw- Ihese devices enable the operator to change asitting for a reclining posture at will, and thereby, in a greatmeasure,dispense with cars arranged for sleep ing only.

' I hereby disclaim all right of invention to anything shown by thepatent of John Danner, patented De- 'cember 27, 1859..

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The foot-box .E and hingedboard F, when con-* structed ashereinspecified, and when used in combi nation with the adjustable car-seatherein described.

,LIn testimony that I claimv the above, I'have hereunto subscribed myname, inthe presence of two wit- JAMES s. DIAOK.

Witnesses:

J was D. Fox, CHARLES G. METZNER.

